Am I Underpaid?

Not to sound ridiculous but I was fortunate to sign an on cycle offering at my top shop, where I really clicked with the people, the mandate and the returns (~20Bn) by leveraging a MF offer. 

My quoted total comp is 150/150 (base / target bonus) with profit share starting in first full calendar year. 

This is an incredible amount of money but I see all these TC discussions and see people making 350+. The offer I leveraged was also 300 TC on paper. Is bonus typically higher than target? How should I think of this.

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Is that typically expressed in the contract or just represented in the actual bonus figure?

 

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